Severe water intoxication occurs when a person drinks an excessive amount of water over a short period.

It can lead to seizures, brain swelling and possibly death.

Now this condition is quite rare. Your body does react to try and save itself. You will generally just start throwing up the water. But unfortunately,

in Zachary's case, he was forced to drink more of it and his little body could not sustain the

continuous abuse.

His father and stepmother forcing him to drink four 24 ounce bottles of water over several hours,

causing this sweet little guy to essentially drown from the inside. This is Zachary's story.

The details are hard to hear. The El Paso County Corner now releasing

the cause of death for a fifth grader from Explorer Elementary School. The report obtained by

Cardio says Zachary Sabin's bruised body was found in bed hours after he was forced to drink

large amounts of water. The coroner ruling the boy died from water intoxication.

His father and stepmother now in custody.

News Channel 13's Crystal Story is live outside the Criminal Justice Center with the latest.

Crystal.

Bart, both of the parents turned themselves into this jail last night.

We're told that when they found out about the arrest warns, they arranged coming here on their own.

El Paso County detectives believe Zachary Sabin, an 11-year-old from Explorer Elementary, died at the hands of his parents.

He died of water intoxication and an arresting report shows both his father,

Ryan Sabin, an active duty Fort Carson soldier and his stepmother, Tara Sabin, were forcing him

to drink bottles of water before bed, but he kept throwing up. His siblings told police,

Zach got in trouble a lot. On the night he died, the report says he didn't eat dinner and was leaning over and looked weak.

A police interview with Ryan Sabin says he kicked his son and at one point he fell backward and hit the back of his head on the ground.

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